Lee Stempniak

NEW YORK — Keith Yandle set up two first-period power-play goals, Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves and the Rangers beat Boston 5-2 on Wednesday night, sending the Bruins to a season-high fourth straight loss.

Mats Zuccarello, Derek Stepan, Derick Brassard, J.T. Miller and Rick Nash scored for New York, which won its second straight and inched a little closer to securing a spot in the playoffs with eight games left in the regular season.

Lee Stempniak, who had a first-period goal disallowed after an offside review and another shot gloved off the line by Lundqvist in the third period, scored for the Bruins along with Frank Vatrano. The Bruins have five goals in their...

BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron scored a tiebreaking goal with 3:24 left in the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Tuesday night.Landon Ferraro also scored for Boston and Tuukka Rask stopped 24 of 25 shots as the Bruins won for...

NEWARK, N.J. — David Schlemko scored on a power play with 8:46 left and the New Jersey Devils rallied twice to beat the New York Rangers 3-2 on Tuesday night.Lee Stempniak and Joseph Blandisi also scored, Cory Schneider made 31 saves and the surprising...

BOSTON — Ryan Spooner scored the lone shootout goal and Jonas Gustavsson made 29 saves to lift the Boston Bruins against the New Jersey Devils 2-1 on Sunday.Loui Eriksson had a goal in the first period for Boston, which improved to 11-1-3 in its last 15...

NEW YORK — Lee Stempniak scored at 3:07 of overtime and the New Jersey Devils finally gave new coach John Hynes a victory with a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers on Sunday.Adam Henrique, who scored the Devils' goal early in the second period, made the...

CROMWELL — Carl Klingberg saw his brother in the corner and made the decision.Klingberg was skating for the Winnipeg Jets last month, his brother John was playing defense for the Dallas Stars. It was the first time the Swedish brothers were facing each...

NEW YORK (AP) — Henrik Lundqvist took a puck to the throat and was scared and in pain. His New York Rangers felt every bit of both as they watched him writhing on the ice.
Lundqvist was struck by a shot from Carolina's Brad Malone in the second...

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers' latest victory was hardly a masterpiece, until the final second.
A quick glance between Carl Hagelin and Derek Stepan produced the winning goal on New York's only shot of overtime. Hagelin deflected in Stepan's slick...

BOSTON — Tuukka Rask stopped 30 shots for his second shutout, Patrice Bergeron scored a first-period goal, and the Boston Bruins won their fifth straight by beating the New York Rangers 3-0 Thursday night.The Rangers have lost 3-0 in consecutive games...

BOSTON -- Tuukka Rask stopped 30 shots for his second shutout, Patrice Bergeron scored a first-period goal, and the Boston Bruins won their fifth straight by beating the New York Rangers 3-0 on Thursday night.The Rangers have lost 3-0 in consecutive games...

The outbreak of mumps in the National Hockey League may be spreading to the American Hockey League, with the first potential cases in Hartford.Wolf Pack coach Ken Gernander and forward Joey Crabb were isolated from the team and are being tested for mumps,...

TAMPA, Fla. -- The spotlight was all on New York Rangers right-winger Martin St. Louis' return to his old arena, but the Tampa Bay Lightning saw the player acquired for St. Louis -- right-winger Ryan Callahan-- score two goals to steal the show in a 4-3...

NEW YORK — Derick Brassard scored a power-play goal 1:50 into overtime as the Rangers skated to their fifth straight victory over Detroit 4-3 Wednesday night.
The Red Wings forged a tie with 7.7 seconds remaining in the third period as rookie Andrej...

Rangers 3, Penguins 2 (OT): Derick Brassard scored 3:06 into overtime as visiting New York rebounded from squandering an early two-goal lead to seize Game 1 of its Eastern Conference second-round series. Brassard ended the extra session in short order...

In 2002-03, the Dartmouth hockey team had its first 20-win season since 1947-48, in part because it had an eventual first-round draft pick on the team.Hugh Jessiman of Darien was drafted 12th by the Rangers in June, giving Dartmouth its only first-round...

Just when it seemed as though it would be one of those vintage Ondrej Pavelec nights, unsolvable and unbeatable, the Ducks managed to solve the Jets goalie in the third period.
With the help of the power play, and an impressive effort by gifted forward...

The Anaheim Ducks won their second consecutive game of the Stanley Cup first-round playoff series against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday night at the Honda Center.
Here are three keys to the victory.
1) The on-ice officials’ decision that a goal by...

Jakob Silfverberg’s goal with 21 seconds left in the third period, a quick shot that sneaked under the right arm of Winnipeg goaltender Ondrej Pavelec, proved to be the difference Saturday as the Ducks rallied for a 2-1 playoff victory over the Jets at...